Book-holder.



1 S. W. SPARGER.

BOOK HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED FEB.17, 1910.

Patented Mar.7, 1911.

l witnesses .v slum EEETED TALE mum SAMUEL W. SIARGER, OF DURHAM, NORTHCAROLINA.

BOOK-HOLDER.

Application filed February 17, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL N. Srxnenn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Durham, in the county of Durham and State of North Carolina,have invented a new and useful Book-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to book holding attachments for telephones and ismore particularly designed to hold directories and the like, one of theobjects of the invention being to provide a holder which can be readilyconnected to the telephone without the use of clamps or other separatedevices.

.z-inother object is to provide a holder of this character designed tosupport an advertising card or the like.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claim. 4

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention havebeen shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a walltelephone having the holder attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof the holder, portions thereof being shown in section. Fig. 3 is acentral longitudinal section through the holder, said section being onan enlarged scale. Fig. l is a view similar to Fig. 1 and showing amodified form of holder upon the telephone, Fig. 5 is a rear elevationof the holder shown in Fig. 4,

Referring to the figures by characters of reference A. designates theback board of the wall telephone, the same being secured to the wall inthe usual manner, as by means of screws (4 extending through the uppercorner portions thereof.

One form of directory holder designed to be used in connection with thetelephone, consists of a box preferably formed of metal and open at itstop, said box being indicated at 1 and the back 2 thereof being extendedupwardly above the open top and being provided with an aperture 3 forthe reception of a supporting hook or nail which can be used for holdingthe device at points removed from the telephone. Cleats 4 are formedalong the side and bottom edges of the front of the box and form apocket 5 into which a card may be placed, the said card bearing suitableadvertising matter.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. "3, 1911.

Serial No. 544,423.

The upper ends of the side cleats are preferably connected by a crossstrip 6 back of which the card can be inserted into engagement with thecleats.

Upper and lower guide sleeves or strips 7 are secured transversely uponthe back of the box and mounted within the upper one of these sleeves isa slide 8 having stop projections 9 extending downward from its ends soas to prevent the slide from being withdrawn from its guide sleeve. Adiagonally extending slot 10 is formed in each end portion of this strip8 and extends upwardly and inwardly from the stop projection 9 adjacentthereto.

A strip 11 is slidably mounted within the lower guide sleeve 7 and isprovided at its ends with upstanding projections 12 whereby withdrawalof the strip from the sleeve is prevented.

lVhcn it is desired to attach the holder to a telephone, the strip 8 isextended beyond one side of the box and is inserted between the wall andthe board A so as to bring the slotted portion of the strip intoengagement with the screw (1.. It will be seen therefore that the stripcan he slipped onto this screw and will thus hold the box close to theside of the board A. The lower strip 11 can then be forced back of theboard A and will, obviously cooperate with the strip 8 so as to hold thebox against displacement. "With a box thus located close to and at oneside of the telephone, the directory can be placed therein and willalways be convenient of access. Moreover if the holder is given to thesubscriber for advertising purposes, an advertising card or the like maybe located within the pocket 5.

By forming the strips 8 and 11 in the manner described it becomespossible to attach the holder to either side of the telephone.

Instead of using slidable strips for the purpose of engaging thetelephone and supporting the box, said box may be provided upon its backwith downwardly extending hooks 13 while additional hooks 14k may bearranged at the sides of the back close to the bottom thereof. Thesehooks are all so proportioned that, by placing the box above the boardA, the same can be forced downward so as to bring the hooks 14 intoengagement with the side edges of the board while the hooks 13 arebrought into engagement with the top edge thereof. The box will then beheld as shown in Fig. 4. It is of course to be understood that a singlehook 13 may be employed instead of two hooks. In both of the devicesshown a pocket is formed in the front face for the reception of anadvertising card or the like, but it is to be understood that ifpreferred such a pocket may be dispensed with, and, if desired,advertising matter may be printed or otherwise displayed upon the frontface of the box.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the sp rit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claim.

What is claimed is The combination with the back board of a telephone,of a book receptacle open at the top, a guide secured to and extendingtransversely of the back of the receptacle, attaching means extendingfrom the back board, a support engaging strip slidably mounted withinand projecting beyond the ends of the guide, said strip having integralmeans at the ends thereof and cooperating with the guide for limitingthe movement of the strip, there being inclined slots within the endportions of the strip for the reception of said attaching means, saidstrip being shiftable beyond either side of the receptacle andcooperating with the attaching means to hold the receptacle against oneside of the back board.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL W. SPAR-GER.

Vitnesses ORIEN GOZART, R. J. TEAGIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

